This webinar will look at some of that research, with a view to how it pertains to the everyday practice of family doctors.
Take home messages:
- Being unemployed carries high relative risks for increased mortality.
- Worklessness is also associated with increased rates of suicide, obesity, heart attack, depression, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, accidents, poverty, alienation and criminality.
- Family doctors can help their patients to avoid this by promoting functionality and timely rehabilitation, as well as appropriate encouragement for a safe and sustainable return to work.
Learning Outcomes
Risks of worklessness for morbidity and mortality
What studies have shown on effects of worklessness on specific diseases
Policy statements from the CMA and other world bodies on the responsibility of physicians to encourage return of patients to function and work
Recommendations on timing of rehabilitation